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Kensington Committee Questions Cost, Impact of Philly Diversion Programs

Philadelphia’s Special Committee on Kensington is pressing officials on the cost and impact of diversion programs keeping low-level offenders, including those with drug charges, out of jail. The hearing that...

Five Iron Golf Expands with New Logan Square Location

Five Iron Golf is set to open its third Philadelphia location at Three Logan Square, 1717 Arch Street, in March 2025.  The 12,000-square-foot space, which is being developed in partnership...

River Wards events for the week of Oct. 24

Stay up to date on what’s going on in your neighborhood.Pumpkin painting partyRichmond Library, 2987 Almond St., will host a pumpkin painting party for children...

City to clean up Frankford and Tulip encampments in new plan to combat opioid crisis

The city’s new plan is divided into seven different “mission areas,” each of which are run by different organizations within the city government.Thursday afternoon,...

Setting the stage

River Wards Theatre Company to present first production.“Wednesday is a goth princess,” she said. “She is so powerful, she stands her ground, and, she...

River Wards event for the week of Oct. 15

Stay up to date on what’s going on in your neighborhoodGrief and loss support groupHave you experienced a significant loss in life? Are you living...

Shooting the Kensington Blues with Jeffrey Stockbridge

Stockbridge’s photography of Kensington eventually amounted to a photo book called Kensington Blues, which features 168 pages of scenes everyday life of the heroin...

Fit for a T-shirt

Fishtown natives design T-shirts responding to nickname.By Melissa KomarWith houses going for $700K and coffee shops popping up faster than you can brew that cup...
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